diff --git a/src/ts/translator/translator.ts b/src/ts/translator/translator.ts
index 2464422a..9c8672d7 100644
--- a/src/ts/translator/translator.ts
+++ b/src/ts/translator/translator.ts
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ export async function translateHTML(html: string, reverse:boolean, charArg:simpl
             let translated = await translate(node.textContent || "", reverse);
             if (!reprocessDisplayScript) {
                 node.textContent = translated;
+                applyMarkdownToNode(node);
                 return;
             }
             
@@ -325,12 +326,6 @@ export async function translateHTML(html: string, reverse:boolean, charArg:simpl
                 "editdisplay",
                 chatID
             );
-            
-            // If the translation is the same, don't replace the node
-            if (translated == processedTranslated) {
-                node.textContent = processedTranslated;
-                return;
-            }
 
             // Replace the old node with the new one
             const newNode = document.createElement(
diff --git a/src/ts/util.ts b/src/ts/util.ts
index d3ef3dc2..ca3dd7f0 100644
--- a/src/ts/util.ts
+++ b/src/ts/util.ts
@@ -574,10 +574,12 @@ export function applyMarkdownToNode(node: Node) {
                 span.innerHTML = markdown;
                 
                 // inherit inline style from the parent node
-                const parentStyle = (node.parentNode as HTMLElement).style;
-                for(let i=0;i<parentStyle.length;i++){
-                    span.style.setProperty(parentStyle[i], parentStyle.getPropertyValue(parentStyle[i]))
-                }   
+                const parentStyle = (node.parentNode as HTMLElement)?.style;
+                if(parentStyle){
+                    for(let i=0;i<parentStyle.length;i++){
+                        span.style.setProperty(parentStyle[i], parentStyle.getPropertyValue(parentStyle[i]))
+                    }   
+                }
                 (node as Element)?.replaceWith(span);
                 return
             }